Political Vendetta

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RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi on Tuesday described the filing of the chargesheet by the CBI against him in a forgery case as a "politically motivated" move and dismissed the demand for his resignation. "Why should I resign? Do you expect all the Congress Chief Minister's to resign if CBI starts chargesheeting them," Jogi said when his reaction was sought on the demand. Asserting that the sanction of the governor was required before filing cases against a Chief Minister, Jogi said he will go to the court to expose the "political chargesheet".

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Congress today demanded that the report of Tripathi commission which was probing nearly half a dozen alleged cases of corruption during the previous BJP government in the state be made public and that action must be taken against the guilty. "The Chief Minister should immediately call a meeting of the state cabinet and make a decision on what action should be taken on the basis of the Tripathi commission report and make it public," Pratap told reporters here.

NEW DELHI: The confrontation between the ruling SAD-BJP alliance and the opposition Congress in Punjab took a turn for the worse on Wednesday when former chief minister Amarinder Singh was expelled from the state Assembly after being indicted by a House committee in a graft case and his seat declared vacant. A resolution to this effect was moved in the Punjab Assembly in Chandigarh by SAD MLA Harish Rai Dhanda and passed amid high-decibel protests by slogan-shouting Congress members who boycotted the proceedings.

NEW DELHI: Moving beyond the borders of Punjab, the Amarinder Singh-Parkash Singh Badal tiff on Thursday acquired a wider sweep with the Congress central leadership joining issue with Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani over his criticism of Punjab Chief Minister for ordering vigilance raids against the Akali Dal leader. Chastising Mr Advani for his comments on the controversy, the Congress said Mr Advani had acted under pressure from the Akali leadership and tried to portray the raids as part of a political vendetta.

NEW DELHI: Ms Mayawati on Thursday made it plain to the BJP that it should not count on her party's support for the passage of the anti-conversion legislation. "I feel the issue should not be linked to politics. Everyone should have the freedom to opt for the religion he or she likes," Ms Mayawati said at a press conference. Buoyed by the projection of the issue by Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalitha, its just-concluded national executive placed the issue on top of the government's legislative agenda.

Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani seems very concerned about the raids against former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and his family members. He sees these as part of a political vendetta by the Amarinder Singh government against its main political rival. The Congress, on the other hand, insists that Mr Badal is merely being investigated for serious charges of corruption and the raids are only a normal part of that exercise. If and when the matter does come to trial and the courts have their say, we will know how much merit there is in the Congress' claim.

KOLKATA: A day after the arrest of an MP of her party in connection with the Saradah scam, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today launched a blistering attack against the Modi government, accusing it of "selective vendetta" against her and the party and dared the Centre to impose President's rule and arrest her. "Amake jail-e pathak, dekhe nebo (Let them send me to jail, I will see to it. I will see how big a jail is there," Banerjee...

PANAJI: Tehelka founder editor Tarun Tejpal , who has been accused by his junior colleague of sexual assault, today alleged he has been framed because of "political vendetta. " 50-year-old Tejpal, who pleaded innocence, made the claim as he failed to get any relief from the Bombay High Court , which deferred hearing of his bail plea till next month, a day after he was charged with rape and sexual assault of the young woman journalist here in November last year. "The charge sheet against me is out of political vendetta.

NEW DELHI: Congress today saw political vendetta in the shifting of Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan , who decided to quit the post instead of joining his new assignment in Mizoram. "For political vendetta, this government is denigrating the constitutional post of governor. It is not proper to humiliate a person holding a constitutional post," said Congress spokesperson Shakeel Ahmed. Hitting out at the Narendra Modi government, he said it was making Mizoram some sort of a place for punitive postings and charged that it was an insult to the people of the state.

NEW DELHI: Congress today charged that the NDA government was driven by "political vendetta" in devising changes to the labour to materials ratio for the rural job scheme and going for the de-control of the prices of life- saving drugs. The party alleged that the Narendra Modi government was "undermining and sabotaging" public interest through its approach and also slammed the Prime Minister over India's handling of the ceasefire violations by Pakistan. On the MGNREGA and drug-pricing issues, Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said, "It is unfortunate that politics has reached such low levels and got debased so much...